It shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals who discovers, or has reason to believe that any domestic animal owned by such person or in such person’s charge or keeping is affected with any contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report such fact or belief to the animal health commissioner. It shall be the duty of any person who discovers the existence of any such contagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of any person to immediately report this information to the animal health commissioner.